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Google Launches Voice Recognition Search for Apple iPhone (Search Engine Journal)
Yahoo NewsNov 14, 2008Google search has now added voice recognition software to their search application on Apple iPhones. Now, iPhone users can request Google results without having to type information on their phones, a must for drivers or those on the go ... aren't phones for speaking and listening anyway? Google Add A Comment »
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Ballmer dismisses Yahoo buyout but open on search (San Francisco Chronicle)
Yahoo NewsYesterdayMicrosoft Corp. is no longer interested in buying all of Yahoo Inc., CEO Steve Ballmer said Wednesday, though he told shareholders that the company would still be "very open" to a collaboration on Internet search. His comments sent Yahoo shares diving by 14 Add A Comment »
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Air search for missing TRF woman turns up nothing, Red Lake County next (Crookston Daily Times)
Yahoo NewsNov 16, 2008THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn. (AP) - A Thief River Falls woman remains missing after an aerial search of Pennington County in northwestern Minnesota turned up nothing new. Add A Comment »
Top 10 Ways to Speed Up Your Web Browsing [Lifehacker Top 10]
Google ReaderNov 15, 2008Even in a world where high-speed internet is just a tall house blend away, anyone can get stuck with a slow or uncertain connection at home, in the office, or at the worst possible time while traveling. There are, however, measures anyone can take to ensure they're getting the most information and Add A Comment »
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Judge orders Hatfill search warrant in Anthrax case made public (Boston Herald)
Yahoo NewsNov 17, 2008WASHINGTON - A federal judge today ordered the Justice Department to release the information it used to persuade the courts to let it search the home of a former Army scientist Add A Comment »
Gizmodo's 20 Essential iPhone Apps [IPhone Apps]
Google ReaderNov 14, 2008It's been four months almost to the day since iPhone 2.0 came, and we've been hitting the App Store hard every week ever since to sift through what's new in iPhone App land. This week, we've decided to hold back for a second, take a breath, and compile a different kind of list: the Add A Comment »
OpenSocial: One Year Later
Google ReaderNov 14, 2008It's been a little over a year since Google announced OpenSocial , a common API for social applications across multiple websites. It's an aggressive undertaking: an underlying technology designed to help all developers add intelligent social features to their offerings more quickly and easily Add A Comment »
Google empowers users to edit search results (San Francisco Chronicle)
Yahoo News1 Hour AgoIf Google delivers useless search results, just erase them and you won't see them again. That's possible under a new system Google Inc. unveiled Thursday. Hoping to give its search engine a more personal touch, Google now lets users reshuffle results so their Add A Comment »
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The Apple Search Engine? I Hope Not (PC World)
Yahoo NewsNov 13, 2008Apple is rumored to be working on a super secret search engine. Could Apple do for Web search what it did for the smartphone? Add A Comment »
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Coast Guard calls off search for fisherman (Cape Cod Times)
Yahoo NewsNov 15, 2008The Coast Guard called off its search for the captain of a capsized fishing boat yesterday morning. Add A Comment »
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Scobleizer: @plastictabs and @JohnlnGZ sorry, I was talking about FriendFeed followers. On Twitter I have 39,234 followers. Crazy.
Twitter / ScobleizerNov 18, 2008Scobleizer: @plastictabs and @JohnlnGZ sorry, I was talking about FriendFeed followers. On Twitter I have 39,234 followers. Crazy. Add A Comment »
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Disruptive Chinese factories
Technorati - ScobleNov 13, 2008No - not in the sense of being polluters, or making toxic products - but in the sense of new ways to design, market and sell products that are disruptive to the whole supply chain. Robert Scoble has an interesting article on the subject. It says in part: Yesterday he showed me a new gadget that Add A Comment »
Merlin Mann on Maximizing Your Time [Weekend Watching]
Google ReaderNov 16, 2008Google asked productivity blogger Merlin Mann to visit their campus and share some insights into getting things done. His presentation covers several interesting aspects of time management and productivity including renegotiating your commitments, controlling who has access to your limited resources Add A Comment »
Web Apps Should Keep It Simple For Success
Technorati - Robert Scoble2 Hours AgoBy Rob Diana of Regular Geek (Twitter/FriendFeed) Most people have heard the KISS acronym (Keep It Simple, Stupid). There is a very good reason for this. If you keep something simple, it is hard to mess it up. Why do I bring this up today? Well, I recently wrote about a conversation with my brother where Add A Comment »
Announcing Twitterville--My Next Book.
Technorati - ScobleizerTodayIt is with excitement that I announce that I'm writing a new book, Twitterville--How Business can Thrive in the new Global Neighborhoods. Charlene Li will be writing the Foreword and Chris Brogan will author a guest chapter on Twitter tools. My publisher is Portfolio, a respected Penguin Books, Add A Comment »
? High quality YouTube video hack
Google ReaderNov 13, 2008You may have noticed that the video of Burn-E I embedded looked a bit better than a normal YouTube video. YouTube has been quietly offering high-quality versions of some of their videos for quite some time via a "watch in high quality" link just underneath the player. It's not HD, but it's Add A Comment »
Behind the Screens of Msnbc.com Election Maps
Google ReaderNov 14, 2008Hi, I am an interactive editor at msnbc.com who worked on the U.S. presidential election maps. Now that the election is over and I am well rested, I want to look back at what we have worked on all these months at msnbc.com. A few people wrote me asking about the process of creating a large scale project Add A Comment »
Despite failures, search for obesity drugs still looks golden (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Yahoo NewsNov 15, 2008Designers of anti-obesity drugs have suffered three major setbacks, but the potential reward from treating the world's fat epidemic is so great that their quest is unlikely to be deterred. Add A Comment »
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Scobleizer: I've been "harmonized." Sprague D just blocked me for being too "preachy." Funny thing is, I'm in China at the... http://ff.im/32J0
Twitter / ScobleizerNov 14, 2008Scobleizer: I've been "harmonized." Sprague D just blocked me for being too "preachy." Funny thing is, I'm in China at the http://ff.im/32J0 Add A Comment »
9 Firefox Extensions For The Information Whore
Technorati - ScobleNov 15, 2008Do you spend minimum three hours lurking on Google Reader? Do you StumbleUpon a LOT in the anticipation of finding great content. Do you read Wikipedia even when you are not going to need the information ever? If you have answered Yes to all the questions then there is a high probability that you are Add A Comment »
